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The disappointment of the American Church
The Lord loves his Church. He has worked through all her failures over the centuries. He will still work with this current slice of the Church. I dated a note in my digital Bible when I read this passage: Isaiah 5:5–7 (NIV) 5 Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away…
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9/11 — 25 Years Later
This will be the defining moment of my entire life. It is a defining moment for an entire generation, whether they realize it or not. The impact of that day and that time will keep on reverberating, and much of that reverberation will be because we have failed, as a culture, to dig deep and examine the impact of that…
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How do we think of “scandal”
Chuck DeGroat wrote a post on “scandal” where he was asked what the worst scandal he had seen in his years of work. Like any of us, he thought of “big name” pastors or “big name” churches. Singular events that caused quite a stir. I certainly can look back in my lifetime and think of the “biggies” attached to my…
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Looking back…
I put this up again because the problem remains the same. We live in fear. We vote in fear. We lose sight of the Kingdom of God. We have a spiritual poverty that is deeply harming American Christianity. I hope to write a book soon chronicling our time and struggles. Join me in the journey. Reach out to me. Disagree…
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The bravery and anxiety of closing a church
Then I told them once more, “Go in peace to love and serve your neighbors.” I know that I may never see some of those people ever again.
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Dealing with our current American Church culture
“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither…
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Rough waters are ahead
I would say we are about to “navigate rough waters ahead” in this time in history, but I don’t know if we understand what that means. Nevertheless, this from David Brooks:
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We are shoved around by fear
Fear raises money. Fear drives hasty decisions. Fear brings deep divide. Fear is the currency of American politics. And American politics is our new national religion.
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The hope I have for the white conservative American church
From Tim Alberta’s book, The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory:
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The oddities of the story of Balaam
The story begins in Numbers 22. The more I read it, the funnier it gets. The more I read it, the more serious an indictment it becomes.
Tag: American Christianity
